Building record TR 36 NE 2417 - Townley Castle School, Chatham Street, Ramsgate

Summary

Former Townley Castle School, previously Townley House, used by VAD during WW1

Location

Grid reference TR 3798 6533 (point)
Map sheet TR36NE
Civil Parish RAMSGATE, THANET, KENT

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Full Description

Former Townley Castle School, previously Townley House, and now a commercial building, was used as a Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Hospital of 50 beds by the Canadians from May 1916 until Sep 1917.


Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document). SKE31644.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004. Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War.

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Record last edited

Aug 30 2016 2:08PM